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chairman of the Trade and Industry Headquarters, Mr. Yu-hee Yum, runs for the WTO Secretary-General. If elected, it will be the first Korean and the first female WTO secretary-general, but Japan, which is in conflict with export regulations, is keenly aware of it.

Reporter Sunghoon Lee.

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Yu Myung-hee, head of the Trade and Industry Headquarters of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy held a press conference and officially declared running for the WTO Secretary-General.

He emphasized that the role of the trade leader and middle power Korea is needed to restore the multilateral trading system in crisis and to reform the WTO.

[Yoo, Myung-Hee/Director of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy: Korea will be able to serve as a bridge between developing and developed countries based on its growth experience through trade, its vision, and its ability to build trust with other countries through signing a number of free trade agreements. ] It is the

third challenge for Korea, and if elected, we will be the first Korean and the first female secretary general of the WTO.

Japanese media were keen on the U.S. general's turnout.

The Nihon Keizai Shimbun expressed concern that "there is a possibility that the head of the U.S. opposition to Japan's export restrictions may affect the relationship between Korea and Japan."

However, General Yoo said that the conflict between Korea and Japan and the performance of the WTO Secretary-General were different issues.

[Yoo, Myung-Hee/Director of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy: Regarding the WTO lawsuit against Japan's export control measures, anyway, the position of the secretary-general of the WTO does not represent a specific country in a specific lawsuit... .]

To date, he has been running in five countries, including U.S. General Manager, Nigeria, Egypt, and Moldova, Mexico, and the next Secretary-General is elected three months later.

(Video coverage: Kim Min-cheol, video editing: Oh-young Oh)